Minnesota Vikings TV Coverage Map: Week 8 at Lions

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What channel is the Vikings game on? Minnesota Vikings games on CBS and FOX are regional broadcasts — which game your local station shows depends on your TV market, not your TV package. This Vikings broadcast map shows exactly which counties get each game. Updated

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What Channel Is the Vikings Game On This Week?

Week 8Minnesota Vikings at Detroit LionsSun, Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ESTFOXRegional

Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions is on FOX (Sun, Nov 1 · 1:00 PM EST) — but only in some markets. It airs on local FOX stations in 1,461 counties across 90 TV markets, including Boston, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Denver, Charleston-Huntington, WV, and Chicago. Everywhere else gets a different FOX game; the coverage map below shows exactly which counties get it.

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Vikings TV Coverage Map: Week 8 at Lions (FOX, Nov 1)

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Where Vikings at Lions Is on TV: FOX TV Markets

Vikings at Lions airs on FOX in 1,461 counties across 90 TV markets in 34 states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kentucky, Minnesota, Indiana, and 28 other states.

The largest markets getting the Week 8 Vikings game include Boston, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Denver, Charleston-Huntington, WV, Chicago, and St. Louis.

The rest of the country gets one of 4 other FOX games in that window, led by Cardinals at Cowboys (1,169 counties).

Map notes: This Vikings-Lions matchup blankets the Upper Midwest and Great Plains, with full coverage across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas. You'll also catch it in Boston and Seattle-Tacoma, plus scattered counties throughout the Mountain West and Mid-Atlantic. It's a sprawling broadcast that reaches well past the two home markets, hitting everyone from New England to the Pacific Northwest.

All 90 TV markets that get Vikings at Lions

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Vikings at Lions Week 8 TV coverage map (FOX, November 1, 2026)
Vikings at Lions Week 8 TV coverage map (FOX, November 1, 2026). Shaded counties get the game on their local FOX station.

Vikings TV Schedule 2026: Channels & Results

Every Minnesota Vikings game this season and the TV channel it's on — final score once played, kickoff time before.

Week Date Opponent Network Result
1Sep 13vs Green Bay PackersCBSW 39–22
2Sep 20@ Chicago BearsFOXW 9–3
3Sep 27@ Tampa Bay BuccaneersFOXW 23–16
4Oct 4vs Miami DolphinsFOXW 15–10
5Oct 11@ New Orleans SaintsFOXW 23–13
6—BYE——
7Oct 25vs Indianapolis ColtsCBSW 16–10
8This weekNov 1@ Detroit LionsFOXSun, Nov 1 · 1:00 PM EST
9Nov 9vs Buffalo BillsESPNNationalMon, Nov 9 · 8:15 PM EST
10Nov 15@ Green Bay PackersFOXSun, Nov 15 · 1:00 PM EST
11Nov 22@ San Francisco 49ersNBCNationalSun, Nov 22 · 8:20 PM EST
12Nov 29vs Atlanta FalconsFOXSun, Nov 29 · 1:00 PM EST
13Dec 6vs Carolina PanthersCBSSun, Dec 6 · 4:25 PM EST
14Dec 10@ New England PatriotsPrime VideoNationalThu, Dec 10 · 8:15 PM EST
15Dec 20vs Detroit LionsNBCNationalSun, Dec 20 · 8:20 PM EST
16Dec 27vs Washington Commanders—12/27 - TBD
17Jan 3@ New York JetsCBSSun, Jan 3 · 1:00 PM EST
18Jan 10vs Chicago Bears—1/10 - TBD

Vikings All-Time Broadcast Footprint

Every county below is shaded by how many of the 17 mapped Vikings regional broadcasts it carried — the darker the county, the more often. 237 counties carried all 17; every county in the country has carried at least one.

Data note: this map reflects broadcast records collected so far, covering the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons. Use the Seasons menu on the map to show a single season or any combination.

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Hover or tap any county to see how many recorded Minnesota Vikings broadcasts it's received, or use the search bar to look it up by county, city, or ZIP code instead.

Vikings TV Coverage by the Numbers

Sports Maps has mapped 17 Vikings regional broadcasts across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons: 12 on FOX and 5 on CBS. On average, each one reached 1,302 counties in 88 of the 210 TV markets — the 8th-widest regional reach in the NFL (league average: 944 counties).

Widest: Week 17, 2024 vs Packers (FOX), 3,220 counties in 210 markets. Narrowest: Week 10, 2024 at Jaguars (FOX), 337 counties in 27 markets. Only one of the 17 went out to nearly the whole country (200+ markets).

By kickoff window: Late-window (4:05/4:25 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 202 markets (2 games); Single-game-window broadcasts averaged 65 markets (8 games); Early-window (1 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 83 markets (7 games).

Season by season: 10 games averaging 98 markets in 2024 and 7 games averaging 75 markets in 2026.

In the NFC North, that ranks 2nd of 4. Average counties per regional broadcast for the rest of the division: Packers 1,861, Lions 1,256, and Bears 863.

7 TV markets carried every one of the 17: Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Sioux Falls-Mitchell, Fargo-Valley City, Bismarck-Mandan, Sioux City, Duluth-Superior, and Mankato.

TV markets that carried the most Vikings regional broadcasts
#TV marketGames carriedShare
1Minneapolis-Saint Paul home17 of 17100%
2Sioux Falls-Mitchell17 of 17100%
3Fargo-Valley City17 of 17100%
4Bismarck-Mandan17 of 17100%
5Sioux City17 of 17100%
6Duluth-Superior17 of 17100%
7Mankato17 of 17100%
8Rochester, MN16 of 1794%
9Des Moines-Ames14 of 1782%
10Cedar Rapids-Waterloo14 of 1782%

Vikings TV Coverage FAQ

What channel is the Vikings game on this week?

Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions is on FOX (Sun, Nov 1 · 1:00 PM EST) — but only in some markets. It airs on local FOX stations in 1,461 counties across 90 TV markets, including Boston, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Denver, Charleston-Huntington, WV, and Chicago. Everywhere else gets a different FOX game; the coverage map below shows exactly which counties get it.

Is the Vikings game on TV in my area?

Only if you're in one of the 90 TV markets FOX assigned it. Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions airs in Boston, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Denver, Charleston-Huntington, WV, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle-Tacoma, and Salt Lake City, among others. Search your county, city or ZIP code on the coverage map above to check your exact location.

Why can't I watch the Vikings game in my area?

Sunday afternoon NFL games on CBS and FOX are regional: each network airs several games at once, and each local station is assigned one of them based on its market. A typical Vikings regional broadcast reaches about 88 of the 210 TV markets, so the rest of the country gets another game in that window. If your local station is showing a different game, the Vikings game isn't available over the air where you are — out-of-market games are only available through NFL Sunday Ticket. National games (Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights) aren't affected.

Where do Vikings games get shown the most?

Across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons, Minnesota Vikings games have aired most consistently in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Fargo-Valley City, and Duluth-Superior TV markets. The all-time footprint map on this page shades every county by how often it's carried a Vikings game.

Every County That Carried the Minnesota Vikings' Latest Game

Pre-filtered to Minnesota Vikings' latest game — FOX, November 1, 2026. Every filter below is fully adjustable, so you can broaden the date range, switch teams, or search by county. Open the full historical search →

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